KARACHI: The president of Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), Khushnud Ali Khan, general secretary Amir Mehmood and other office bearers have expressed concern over the missing bureau chief of Asia Times Online Syed Salim Shehzad. CPNE office bearers have expressed reservations on the performance of the security agencies in the sensitive areas of the […]
ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan has reportedly lashed out at the coalition partners for taking a different line on terrorism in the media, well-informed sources told Business Recorder, here on Monday. She gave these remarks during the federal cabinet meeting on May 27, 2011, when the “terrorist attack on PNS Mehran” was under […]
KARACHI, A division bench of Sindh High Court, comprising Chief Justice Mushir Alam & Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi has recalled ad-interim stay order passed earlier wherein respondents were restrained from using bank accounts of CPNE. Petitioner Ilyas Shakir had earlier filed petition submitting CPNE is registered and its election were held in accordance with […]
ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist and Singapore-based online newspaper Asian Times Bureau Chief in Pakistan, Saleem Shahzad, disappeared from capital on Sunday evening. Police said Saleem Shahzad left his house in Sector F-8/1 for recording a TV programme at Dunya TV, but did not reach the channel`s office. He was scheduled to record the programme over his […]
LAHORE: Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday sought replies from the Ministry of Information and the Pakistan Television (PTV) managing director to a petition accusing the state-owned channel of giving preferential coverage to treasury members during its broadcast of National Assembly proceedings. Advocate Waqar Ahmad Chaudhry filed the petition […]
RAWALPINDI: Lawyers, civil society, political and social organisations and persons of different schools of thought, while protesting the measures of so-called democratic government to shut down Geo Super, have strongly condemned such steps, saying that the leaders and rulers should clean their blotted faces instead of concealing them. President District Bar Rawalpindi Malik Jawad Khalid, […]
Girl married off to cousin to stop ‘vani’. SUKKUR: A seven-year-old girl has been married to a 15-year-old to settle a dispute over her cousin’s marriage. Rashid, a resident of Old Sukkur, had married a girl, Naseem, against her family’s wishes a year ago. The girl’s father, Dangal, declared Rashid’s seven-year-old cousin Naseeman a ‘vani’ […]
* Govt considering two options on salary increase * 30% increase in pension for all retired employees By Sajid Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: The federal government is set to announce an increase in salaries and pensions of its serving and retired employees in the budget 2011-12, official sources informed Daily Times on Monday. According to the sources, […]
By Mubarak Zeb Khan ISLAMABAD: The government has decided in principle to introduce new taxation measures of Rs103 billion in the budget for 2011-12, mostly in the form of indirect taxes which will add to the burden on the common man. The decision is aimed at keeping the budget deficit below four per cent – […]
By Anwar Iqbal Air strikes to precede ground attack WASHINGTON: The US military chief, Admiral Mike Mullen, said on Monday that the Pakistani government would launch a major offensive on militants in North Waziristan. “It’s a very important fight and a very important operation,” the outgoing chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff told […]
ISLAMABAD: Expressing concern over the performance of Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA), the Monitoring and Implementation Committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered special audit of the authority. PTA Chairman Muhammad Yasin briefed the PAC body about the PTA Board on Monday. The convenor of the PAC body, MNA Yasmeen Rehman chaired the meeting. […]
By Shamsul Islam Rule 46 aims to place government beyond any media criticism. FAISALABAD: A ban has been imposed on all government officials from interacting with the media under the new “Protection and communication of official information” rule. As per Rule 46 of the Punjab Government Rules of Business 2011, which was recently circulated among […]
Islamabad–Director General Radio Pakistan Murtaza Solangi on Friday emphasized the need for greater cooperation and partnership among the media organizations of the region and the world to meet the present day challenges. Addressing inaugural session of the two-day Asia Media Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, he spoke of the challenges being faced by Pakistan on account […]
KARACHI: Three working groups were formed at a seminar Protection of Journalists, Charter of Rights’ to formulate and identify the issues in respect of protecting journalists (covering disasters) and their rights (salary, wage board award, professional training). The seminar was organised by Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in collaboration with Foundation Open Society Institute […]
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